Airbus

[mykalberta]

Please remember.

The current game economics doesnt take into effect alot of aircraft economics like

cargo, ETOPS, pilot scope contracts, different fare classes etc. All of which are serious ancillary revenue or cost generators for an aircraft family. Example I know a pilot with Air Canada and the current scope is as follows: 773 772LR 340 333/787 321 320 319 E170. All the pilots in each class get paid differently, example a 773 pilot can be making as much as 4X an A320 pilot.

Right now, comparable Airbus v Boeing is as follows. And from what I can tell, with different aircraft families there isnt a huge difference in economics of scale once purchase price is taken into account.

A32X v B73X
A33X v B76X and B78X
A34X v B78X and B77X
A380 v B77X and B74X

The one thing Airbus has going for it through its entire family is cross functional training. A A32X pilot needs less training to upguage in aircraft than a pilot with no A32X training. But that can normally be muted by Boeings lower purchase price.

The A30X and A310X and B75X series are all out of production, dont really have current competitors as they were desiged for different markets (EU vs US).

[yourefired]

Both Boeing and Airbus make excellent airplanes. Otherwise, neither would be in business. But my preference is for Airbuses.

[mykalberta]

Both Boeing and Airbus make excellent airplanes. Otherwise, neither would be in business. But my preference is for Airbuses.

No argument, they make excellent planes. I love using the 33X series.

A few people had mused as to why certain aircraft are more profitable than others. I tried to answer that.

[Falcon Airlines]

ahem! We all know that Boeing's the best 

So very true

[Seattle]

So very true

Why thank you!